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Britain defied the global downturn last year and enjoyed a double-digit
increase in foreign investment, while the eurozone and America floundered.

Foreign companies invested a total of $62 billion in the country in 2012,
according to the United Nations body in charge of trade and investment.

This figure was up by 22 per cent on the previous year and was in stark
contrast with the rest of Europe and the United States, where foreign
investment plunged by 42 per cent and 21 per cent, respectively.

Germany acted as a drag on continental Europe, with investment collapsing by
86 per cent,